Ewan
@ewannic.bsky.social
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New YouGov research for ippr finds that civic conceptions of being British are held by most people, with a third prioritising birthplace. Reform voters are outliers, against the general public view, weighting ancestry and ethnicity more highly
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Number of people who say Britons must be born in UK is rising, study shows
Exclusive: Research finds ‘worrying’ surge in support for hard-right narratives on national identity
www.theguardian.com
December 29, 2025 at 9:41 PM
New YouGov research for ippr finds that civic conceptions of being British are held by most people, with a third prioritising birthplace. Reform voters are outliers, against the general public view, weighting ancestry and ethnicity more highly
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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The most stressed out I've ever been about Christmas was when I was 16 and I got my first ever job, working at M&S in Dundrum. As soon as I started I kept hearing these myths about the Christmas Eve Waste Sale, where all the food that wasn't sold on the 24th was marked down 90%.
November 27, 2023 at 1:17 PM
The most stressed out I've ever been about Christmas was when I was 16 and I got my first ever job, working at M&S in Dundrum. As soon as I started I kept hearing these myths about the Christmas Eve Waste Sale, where all the food that wasn't sold on the 24th was marked down 90%.
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The Labour Government is increasing funding for local services in Swindon by £52.6m. That's a 24% increase over 4 years going towards the essential services in our town we all rely on.
December 19, 2025 at 10:01 AM
The Labour Government is increasing funding for local services in Swindon by £52.6m. That's a 24% increase over 4 years going towards the essential services in our town we all rely on.
This is Bsky at its absolute best
Time for my annual close-reading-the-carol-sheet question: what does the "Away" in "Away in a Manger" actually mean?
December 18, 2025 at 8:55 AM
This is Bsky at its absolute best
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Was it the Sweeny Todd movie where marketing seemingly decided no one would go to a musical and edited the trailers in such a way that a bunch of people didn't realise there was any singing until they were in the cinema?
Do you reckon someone's trying something similar here?
Do you reckon someone's trying something similar here?
December 13, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Was it the Sweeny Todd movie where marketing seemingly decided no one would go to a musical and edited the trailers in such a way that a bunch of people didn't realise there was any singing until they were in the cinema?
Do you reckon someone's trying something similar here?
Do you reckon someone's trying something similar here?
That's... not how law works?
By all means question what the govt is doing, but Derbyshire is normally more reliable than this, isn't she?
By all means question what the govt is doing, but Derbyshire is normally more reliable than this, isn't she?
🚨 “Can I tell you how many times in the last 45 years the European Court of Human Rights has ruled against the UK when it comes to deporting people from this country - only 13 times - in 45 years”
Hugely important point made by @vicderbyshire.bsky.social 👏
Hugely important point made by @vicderbyshire.bsky.social 👏
December 11, 2025 at 9:59 PM
That's... not how law works?
By all means question what the govt is doing, but Derbyshire is normally more reliable than this, isn't she?
By all means question what the govt is doing, but Derbyshire is normally more reliable than this, isn't she?
The more I get to know AI LLMs, the more I think the only real use case is where you know what you're doing already and it helps do it quicker.
Which makes parenting the absolutely worst use case for AI imaginable.
Which makes parenting the absolutely worst use case for AI imaginable.
Jimmy Fallon: "And do you use ChatGPT when raising your baby?"
Sam Altman: "I cannot imagine figuring out how to raise a newborn without ChatGPT."
Sam Altman: "I cannot imagine figuring out how to raise a newborn without ChatGPT."
December 9, 2025 at 11:53 PM
The more I get to know AI LLMs, the more I think the only real use case is where you know what you're doing already and it helps do it quicker.
Which makes parenting the absolutely worst use case for AI imaginable.
Which makes parenting the absolutely worst use case for AI imaginable.
All of them, fools. Our real enemies are the lanyards.
You get the reverse of this on the right, where someone dislikes capitalism, but believes that what they object to is 'modernity'.
November 24, 2025 at 3:16 PM
All of them, fools. Our real enemies are the lanyards.
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One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 6, 2025 at 9:00 PM
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
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Government has published one of those quiet but important documents that might get overlooked as it is not 'newsy'. The headline finding is that £1 of public R&D investment generates £8 in net economic benefits for the UK over the long term
www.gov.uk/government/p...
www.gov.uk/government/p...
The value of public R&D
www.gov.uk
October 30, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Government has published one of those quiet but important documents that might get overlooked as it is not 'newsy'. The headline finding is that £1 of public R&D investment generates £8 in net economic benefits for the UK over the long term
www.gov.uk/government/p...
www.gov.uk/government/p...
Reading Michael Barber's 'Instruction to Deliver' which has lots of good stuff in it, but this caught my eye:
"You have to have a long term strategy but unless it delivers short term results no one will believe you"
"You have to have a long term strategy but unless it delivers short term results no one will believe you"
October 26, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Reading Michael Barber's 'Instruction to Deliver' which has lots of good stuff in it, but this caught my eye:
"You have to have a long term strategy but unless it delivers short term results no one will believe you"
"You have to have a long term strategy but unless it delivers short term results no one will believe you"
Me: "I will start paying you pocket money when you can count to 100"
4YO: "I don't think hundred is actually a number"
4YO: "I don't think hundred is actually a number"
October 25, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Me: "I will start paying you pocket money when you can count to 100"
4YO: "I don't think hundred is actually a number"
4YO: "I don't think hundred is actually a number"
I'm intrigued by statements like this '…in addition to this, the "constant background of running commentary on the upcoming budget" was likely discouraging consumers from discretionary spending.'
Is there evidence that consumers actually think like that?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Is there evidence that consumers actually think like that?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Retail sales hit highest level since 2022
While food stores saw very little growth, good weather in July and August boosted clothing sales, according to the ONS.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 24, 2025 at 9:36 PM
I'm intrigued by statements like this '…in addition to this, the "constant background of running commentary on the upcoming budget" was likely discouraging consumers from discretionary spending.'
Is there evidence that consumers actually think like that?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Is there evidence that consumers actually think like that?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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I was intrigued to see which two of the Vatican’s ten Raphael tapestries were chosen for today’s unprecedented service in the Sistine Chapel. The tapestries are very rarely shown - was Pope Leo XIV conveying any message in the choice?
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October 23, 2025 at 10:00 PM
I was intrigued to see which two of the Vatican’s ten Raphael tapestries were chosen for today’s unprecedented service in the Sistine Chapel. The tapestries are very rarely shown - was Pope Leo XIV conveying any message in the choice?
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Students Unions! Do you want to better support your disabled student reps & improve overall student experience?
We’re launching our Representative Empowerment Project (REP) to support you!
We’re launching our Representative Empowerment Project (REP) to support you!
October 23, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Students Unions! Do you want to better support your disabled student reps & improve overall student experience?
We’re launching our Representative Empowerment Project (REP) to support you!
We’re launching our Representative Empowerment Project (REP) to support you!
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October 23, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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Apropos of nothing, I really do think UK journalists and politicians need some reminding that mass deportation of LEGAL immigrants, particularly those with permanent status, is far more extreme than even Trump's America and would basically place Britain completely on its own among democracies.
October 19, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Apropos of nothing, I really do think UK journalists and politicians need some reminding that mass deportation of LEGAL immigrants, particularly those with permanent status, is far more extreme than even Trump's America and would basically place Britain completely on its own among democracies.
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He is 13. A 7th grader w/ a pending asylum case. Being held more than 500 miles from home & housed w/ adults. He called his mom crying, & reported that he’s sleeping on concrete w/ an aluminum blanket.
How is this anything other than sick & shameful? www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/12/m...
How is this anything other than sick & shameful? www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/12/m...
Everett 13-year-old arrested by ICE and sent to Virginia detention facility - The Boston Globe
The boy’s mother, Josiele Berto, was called to pick her son up from the Everett Police Department on Thursday, the day he was arrested.
www.bostonglobe.com
October 13, 2025 at 1:43 AM
He is 13. A 7th grader w/ a pending asylum case. Being held more than 500 miles from home & housed w/ adults. He called his mom crying, & reported that he’s sleeping on concrete w/ an aluminum blanket.
How is this anything other than sick & shameful? www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/12/m...
How is this anything other than sick & shameful? www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/12/m...
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The responses to this are just great. I realise my own opinions are distressingly hinged.
Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat
October 13, 2025 at 10:46 PM
The responses to this are just great. I realise my own opinions are distressingly hinged.
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This is such a clever idea on taking kids to museums/galleries
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
October 12, 2025 at 10:18 AM
This is such a clever idea on taking kids to museums/galleries
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
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NEW on Wonkhe: What looks like efficiency in UK higher education often masks systemic injustice. Jim Dickinson explores how policies around reassessment quietly entrench inequality buff.ly/89mzFbe
October 10, 2025 at 6:05 AM
NEW on Wonkhe: What looks like efficiency in UK higher education often masks systemic injustice. Jim Dickinson explores how policies around reassessment quietly entrench inequality buff.ly/89mzFbe
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That England has had its three worst harvests on record inside the past five years really should be being treated as a much bigger cause for concern than is currently the case. www.businessgreen.com/news/4520171...
'This is what farming with climate change looks like': England endures second worst harvest on record
New analysis confirms three of the five worst harvests on record have occurred in the past five years on the back of extreme heat, drought, and rainfall
www.businessgreen.com
October 9, 2025 at 3:53 PM
That England has had its three worst harvests on record inside the past five years really should be being treated as a much bigger cause for concern than is currently the case. www.businessgreen.com/news/4520171...